Artist’s ‘goosebump moment’ as Shane MacGowan portrait hung in late singer’s favourite Irish pub A LONDON-BASED artist has created a stunning portrait of Shane MacGowan which is now on display in the late singer’s favourite Irish pub. Will McNally, whose mother hails from Tuam in Co. Galway, created the piece in honour of the musical …
New portrait of Shane MacGowan to hang in the late Pogues singer’s favourite pub in Tipperary Renowned artist Will McNally, with deep Irish roots tracing back to Galway, has recently created a poignant painting honouring the legendary Shane MacGowan, which will hang in the singer songwriter’s favourite pub in Tipperary.“This artwork holds profound significance as …
Meet Will McNally, the new artist on the (pop art) block His art has been compared to that of UK street artist Banksy and pop art innovator Andy Warhol, but Will McNally’s flair for creating eye-popping, modern, neon-soaked pieces is all his own. Will is part of a new generation of artists who are taking …
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Former Chigwell accountant launches global art career amid pandemic A Chigwell painter has revealed how he made the career leap from accountancy to art during the pandemic. Born and raised in Chigwell, Will McNally left his job in the city in the midst of the pandemic to pursue his dream of painting. “The pandemic gave …
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Discover the talent of Will McNally who creates innovative portraits of music legends For art lovers looking for an update to Pop Art, Will McNally would be a good place to start. The artist’s approach to painting has obviously been heavily influenced by the greats such as Andy Warhol, but has also been brought bang up to …
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Banksy Speaks? A 20-Year-Old Audio Interview With the Anonymous Artist Surfaces The podcast series, The Banksy Story, will air the recording in a bonus episode. After previously surfacing a three-minute clip of an interview with a man claiming to be Banksy, a podcast series will now air yet another rare recording that could contain the voice of …
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5 Key Takeaways from the New York Fall Auction Season Arun Kakar “The Emily Fisher Landau Collection: An Era Defined” auction at Sotheby’s New York, 2023. Courtesy of Sotheby’s. More than $2 billion worth of art was sold over a packed series of auctions in New York this past fortnight. This slate of sales …
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Ethiopian artist Julie Mehretu breaks African art-world record again Julie Mehretu was born in Addis Ababa in 1970 US-based Ethiopian Julie Mehretu has once again broken the record for the highest sale price of any work by an African-born artist at auction.Her abstract painting Walkers With the Dawn and Morning fetched $10.7m (£8.6m) at Sotheby’s …
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Abstract Expressionist Hedda Sterne breaks artist record at Sotheby’s modern evening auction. Maxwell Rabb © Sotheby’s. Courtesy of Sotheby’s New York. The Takeaway: Sotheby’s modern evening auction was an uneven affair, achieving $223.6 million after fees. Notably, eight lots were withdrawn from the sale. The evening began with Hedda Stern’s Road #7 (1956), which sold for $650,000, a …
5 Things We Learned from Art Basel and UBS’s Report “The Art Market 2023” Arun Kakar Installation view of Richard Koh Fine Art’s booth at Art Basel in Hong Kong, 2023. Courtesy of Art Basel. “The Art Market 2023” report paints a “mixed picture” of the art market in 2022. The seventh annual report …
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